Nasrallah: Iran Won't Abandon Syria and Qalamun Battle Will 'Speak for Itself' When It Begins
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Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Tuesday denied media reports alleging that Iran has decided to “abandon” the Syrian regime in its fight against rebels and jihadists seeking to oust it, as he declared that the much-anticipated Qalamun battle would “speak for itself” when it begins.
“After the recent fall of Idlib's Jisr al-Shughur into the hands of the armed groups, we witnessed a wave of rumors that is part of a vehement psychological war,” said Nasrallah in a televised address on the latest developments.
He said the “rumors” are aimed at saying that the Syrian regime is “living its final days” and “falling apart.”
“Some said that Syria's allies have abandoned it and that Iran sold it for the sake of the nuclear program,” Nasrallah remarked.
“We are before a psychological warfare aimed at undermining the resolve of the Syrians and at achieving through lies what they failed to achieve through their years-long global war against Syria,” he noted.
“No one must heed this psychological war and we must all realize that this is a psychological war. This is not new as we kept hearing in the past four years that the regime has ended,” Nasrallah added.
He stressed that “claims that Iran has abandoned Syria” are “baseless,” emphasizing that Tehran -- his group's key regional backer -- is “keen on the interests of its allies.”
“Furthermore, there are no indications that the Russian leadership has abandoned Syria,” added Nasrallah.
Commenting on recent military gains for Syrian rebels and jihadist militants, Nasrallah noted that “when a certain town or region falls, such as the city of Idlib, we must look for the reasons on the ground instead of blaming it on the policies of alliances.”
“When one loses one round, it does not mean losing the war,” he said.
Turning to reports of an imminent Hizbullah operation against militants in the Syrian region of Qalamun which borders Lebanon, Nasrallah said such an assault would have “nothing to do with anything else, neither with Idlib nor with Jisr al-Shughur.”
“We were aware that the militant groups were waiting for the melting of the snow to launch attacks. After the snow melted, we were not the ones who attacked, they attacked posts and kidnapped people from (the Lebanese border town of) Arsal,” he said.
“We are not speaking of a perceived threat but rather of a real aggression, which is manifesting itself through attacks on posts and the occupation of vast chunks of Lebanese territory,” Hizbullah's leader pointed out.
Earlier on Tuesday, al-Mustaqbal movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri accused Hizbullah of seeking to “import the Syrian blaze into Lebanon” by waging an assault in Qalamun “under the pretext of the preemptive war against the terrorist groups.”
“Had the state performed its duties, we would have stood behind it and by it, but it is clear that the state lacks the ability,” Nasrallah clarified.
“We will tackle the threat but until the moment, Hizbullah has not declared any official stance about what it intends to do,” he noted.
“We will not issue a statement about our operation and when the operation begins, it will speak for itself,” he added.
“We heard a lot of intimidation and condemnation, but if we wanted to wait for Lebanese unanimity, the armed groups would have been deployed among us by now,” Nasrallah explained.
Addressing Hizbullah's critics, he added: “If you don't want to confront the threat, it is your business, and no one has tasked us with this other than our humanity, religion and morals.”
Earlier in the day, fierce clashes erupted between Hizbullah fighters and militant groups in the outskirts of the towns of Tufail and Brital on Syria's border. Media reports said the fighting resulted in the death of “dozens” of militants and at least four Hizbullah fighters, including a field commander.
As for the Yemeni conflict, Nasrallah said Saudi Arabia failed to achieve all its objectives from the Decisiveness Storm air campaign it had launched against Huthi rebels in the neighboring country, accusing Riyadh of “killing children and women” and adopting a “futile policy.”
Turning to Iraq, Hizbullah's leader warned of an alleged U.S. scheme to fragment the country into three regions, noting that “the Americans are not fulfilling their promises, even regarding the sale of arms to the Iraqi government.”
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05 May 2015, 21:22
Nasrallah: We heard a lot of intimidation and condemnation, but if we wanted to wait for Lebanese unanimity, the armed groups would have been deployed among us by now.
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05 May 2015, 21:21
Nasrallah: If you don't want to confront the threat, it is your business, and no one has tasked us with this other than our humanity, religion and morals.
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05 May 2015, 21:19
Nasrallah: We will not issue a statement about our operation and when the operation begins, it will speak for itself.
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05 May 2015, 21:18
Nasrallah: We will tackle the threat but until the moment, Hizbullah has not declared any official stance about what it intends to do.
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05 May 2015, 21:17
Nasrallah: Had the state performed its duties, we would have stood behind it and by it, but it is clear that the state lacks the ability.
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05 May 2015, 21:16
Nasrallah: We are not speaking of a perceived threat but rather of a real aggression, which is manifesting itself through attacks on posts and the occupation of vast chunks of Lebanese territory.
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05 May 2015, 21:15
Nasrallah: We were aware that the militant groups were waiting for the melting of the snow to launch attacks. After the snow melted, we were not the ones who attacked, they attacked posts and kidnapped people from Arsal.
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05 May 2015, 21:13
Nasrallah on Qalamun: The issue has nothing to do with anything else, neither with Idlib nor with Jisr al-Shughur.
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05 May 2015, 21:08
Nasrallah: When one loses one round, it does not mean losing the war.
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05 May 2015, 21:08
Nasrallah: When a certain town or region falls, such as the city of Idlib, we must look for the reasons on the ground instead of blaming it on the policies of alliances.
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05 May 2015, 21:07
Nasrallah: Claims that Iran has abandoned Syria are baseless and they are keen on the interests of their allies. Furthermore, there are no indications that the Russian leadership has abandoned Syria.
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05 May 2015, 21:05
Nasrallah: No one must heed this psychological war and we must all realize that this is a psychological war. This is not new as we kept hearing in the past four years that the regime has ended.
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05 May 2015, 21:05
Nasrallah: We are before a psychological warfare aimed at undermining the resolve of the Syrians and at achieving through lies what they failed to achieve through their years-long global war against Syria.
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05 May 2015, 21:03
Nasrallah: The rumors are aimed at saying that the regime is living its final days and that the Syrian regime is falling apart. Some said that Syria's allies have abandoned it and that Iran sold it for the sake of the nuclear program.
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05 May 2015, 21:02
Nasrallah on Syria: After the recent fall of Idlib's Jisr al-Shughur into the hands of the armed groups, we witnessed a wave of rumors that is part of a vehement psychological war. Some of these rumors focused on sectarian aspects.
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05 May 2015, 20:59
Nasrallah: All of our countries will face the threat of fragmentation, even Saudi Arabia, and our generation should not remain silent over this issue.
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05 May 2015, 20:57
Nasrallah: The Americans are not fulfilling their promises, even regarding the sale of arms to the Iraqi government.
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05 May 2015, 20:54
Nasrallah: Nowadays, the Americans have revealed their true intentions through their attempt to bestow legitimacy on the fragmentation of Iraq, and this is what the Congress is trying to do.
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05 May 2015, 20:52
Nasrallah on Iraq: After the IS seized control of Mosul and started threatening the rest of the provinces and the region, a U.S.-led international coalition was formed to fight it. Back then we said that the U.S. is not serious in the issue of fighting the IS and that it would utilize the threat of the IS in the region to realize its own scheme for the region. We said that the U.S. has a scheme to fragment these regions on sectarian and ethnic basis -- Arabs, Kurds, Sunnis and Shiites.
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05 May 2015, 20:49
Nasrallah: Imposing pressure through killing children and women is a futile policy and the evidence is what happened in Vietnam, Gaza and Lebanon, especially during the July war, when the resistance remained resilient although everything was bombed.
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05 May 2015, 20:48
Nasrallah: The world has a responsibility to confront this aggression's repercussions at the humanitarian level.
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05 May 2015, 20:47
Nasrallah: The Yemeni forces have started regaining the initiative in the border regions.
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05 May 2015, 20:46
Nasrallah: Today, the objective of this aggression has become clear and it has become obvious that Saudi Arabia is seeking hegemony.
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05 May 2015, 20:43
Nasrallah: They claimed that they want to fight terrorism but they are offering arms to al-Qaida and bombing the popular committees to prevent them from reaching the regions where al-Qaida is operating. They have prevented any humanitarian aid from reaching Yemen.
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05 May 2015, 20:39
Nasrallah: They moved to modest, achievable objectives.
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05 May 2015, 20:37
Nasrallah: The launch of operation Renewal of Hope was an attempt to cover up for the failure of the first round of the war against Yemen.
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05 May 2015, 20:37
Nasrallah: We are before a clear and obvious Saudi failure and a clear Yemeni victory. This is the result of the firmness and steadfastness of the Yemenis.
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05 May 2015, 20:36
Nasrallah: Have they managed to achieve their real objective by restoring their hegemony over Yemen?
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05 May 2015, 20:35
Nasrallah: Tell me about a single objective that has been achieved. Has Saudi Arabia restored the so-called legitimacy in Yemen? Has it managed to prevent the expansion of the Yemeni army and popular committees? Has it confiscated the arms of Ansarullah? Has it been able to return Mansour Hadi to his country?
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05 May 2015, 20:34
Nasrallah: The biggest attempt at deception was what was called "the Saudi victory against Yemen" and the claim that the kingdom achieved all the objectives. Do Arab citizens accept such deception and misinformation? As an Arab citizen I want information about the objectives that were allegedly realized.
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05 May 2015, 20:33
Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in a televised address on the latest developments: Once again we are before a major deception attempt, which has not stopped ever since they declared the end of operation Decisiveness Storm.
05 May 2015, 20:35
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The day this sectarian terrorist is brutally murdered is the day we celebrate our independence.
05 May 2015, 20:42
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i can assure you on the tomb of my son hadi and on the integrity of zeynib and the conscience of imamu ali that we are here to protect lebanon and not the shias.
free Bahrain
free Yemen
free Syria
free Iraq
free Egypt
free Lebanon
free Thailand
free Argentine
free Bulgaria
free Peru
free Nigeria
free Beirut
free Aden
free Qalamun
05 May 2015, 20:48
710
because he is not and never is defending lebanese interests...
never is he proposing solutions to improve the lebanese economy but always solutions on how to destroy it....
05 May 2015, 22:01
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Another glorious and unforgettable speech. Let's hope a few people wakes up now.
To the Pro March 14 Alliance people in here - I pity you, no wonder you are the weakness of Lebanon, when you all insult a real man and great leader such as this man above, with your empty slander. Good thing most of you live outside Lebanon.
Not much to comment further, Sayed Hassan said it all.
05 May 2015, 22:33
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Actually, he has shown himself to be a compulsive liar: from the ever changing reasons he sent his troops to Syria to his claim that the Hizb weapons would not be used internally.
05 May 2015, 22:49
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So you thought you are the authority to make this claim ?
Who are you & whats your credentials? are you some kind of authority chosen by the people to declare who is telling the truth or not?
or maybe you just happen to be a biased M14er who lies every time he breathes & thinks everyone must lie also.
06 May 2015, 04:22
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Nasrallah: Had the state performed its duties, we would have stood behind it and by it, but it is clear that the state lacks the ability.
this delusional thug might as well go attack the USA and when it retaliates he will say the state of lebanon lacks the ability to perform its duties defending the nation.
06 May 2015, 16:54
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"Nasrallah: We will not issue a statement about our operation and when the operation begins, it will speak for itself."
that sounds promising :) can't wait
05 May 2015, 21:53
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I'm with Nasrallah on this one southern, I don't give a damn either as they are all worthless
a partial list of worthless thugs no one gives a damn about, least of all Nastallah and southern
http://www.almanar.com.lb/english/catpage.php?frid=46
05 May 2015, 22:21
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Sayed el amine (mufti of sour and south) kamel el assad, oukab sa2er, hachem salman...
U know it is not so easy, hachem salman was killed in daylight in front of our armed forces and repporters,
yes there are shia not with hezbos, as there is christian and sunis chanting lobayka nossrollah, so please donnit fall in the trap...
Our problem is not with shia, it is with this armed millicia and the assad thugs...
05 May 2015, 22:04
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Is this it? Looks like this was a prerecorded speech, he did not elude to any of the serious things that happened today. The sewage must have backed up into his studio in the sewer, shorted the electronics on the video equipment he was using and could not come out live. Oh well better luck next time, and dude when walking around your damp living quarters don't forget to lift your dress or you'll get pipi all over it.
05 May 2015, 22:21
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I don;t celebrate war like you do...
But I also don't lie like you & announce false claims.
like the rebels have surrendered as you rushed to post.
You debated it for over 5 hours that day.
today we see the rebels attacking Saudi land....
You're a liar in denial always have been always will be.
05 May 2015, 22:28
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Because its a sick thought...& just the fact it enters your mind shows how sick you are.
move along samy..your kind is the lowest known to man.
05 May 2015, 22:30
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where did i send women & children to war?
you clearly are not that bright..its clear for all to see now.
I clearly said...even women & teens should defend their freedom.
Look at the kurds ...learn from real people.
they will die for their freedom...thats real men women & teens.
thats something to be prouf of.
no one mentioned wars you backward liar.
05 May 2015, 22:42
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you have disgraced yourself today Bani...couldn't win a debate & now your attempt at humor has delivered you a bigger blow.
Stick to changing names & stalking Phoenix its what you do best.
06 May 2015, 20:49
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The Phoenix is your worst nightmare ya habileh Roar, I hope that you won't have stomach cramps you liar, very cheap liar. No matter what you do, Phoenis is always there clamped to your poor brains, and it shows. You need to be exorcised because you are possessed by Satan the devil, if you need help, I can help you regain your peace ya habileh.
05 May 2015, 22:45
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samy its a topic that disgusts me...but if you want to bang your children or baby...pfft @ m14ers
05 May 2015, 22:46
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You debunked what? you made the claims....not one of your claims is true...you are trying to make excuses why your claims failed.
if you call that debunked, then God have mercy on humanity.
& may he give you some brain cells.
05 May 2015, 22:53
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yep powerful comeback from the known liar.
have a nice day & try not to tell one lie in a day.
05 May 2015, 22:54
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Well, if Hezb hadn't interfered in Syria in the first place, we wouldn't have this situation on our hands now.
05 May 2015, 22:58
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No you wouldn't, they would be inside Beirut by now making sure you either convert or pay taxes.
05 May 2015, 23:15
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GL to your lies & your debunking of your own claims.
Now I have seen it all...wow someone who can debunk his own claims
lol
05 May 2015, 23:24
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lets hope this is true, Bani,,,,dozens of your relatives for a few of Lebanons bravest.
sounds like a winner to me.
The end justifies the means & losses will be taken by the Brave(HA) but cleaning the border of your relatives (IS,Nusra) etc will be worth it.
keep cheering ISis lover.
05 May 2015, 23:28
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You give me too much credit, Bani.
But I'm honored to be compared to FT...so keep up the flattery.
05 May 2015, 23:31
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Not once did I claim victory...its what you did.
Oh you debunked yourself of it....lol
06 May 2015, 00:05
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that is why they have the full support of M8... none of them working for Lebanon...
06 May 2015, 01:50
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Why don't you move yourself and all your blood thirsty warriors to Syria all together and keep fighting whoever you want for the next 100 years, but don't return to Lebanon, and we'll slam the door behind you.
Good riddance!!
06 May 2015, 08:01
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Nasrallah appeared tired, weary and nervous. Hundreds of Hezbollah fighters died and thousands more will also die for Khamanei's grand Islamic plans.
The current wars of Crazy Shiite vs Crazy Sunni will only end when religion is thrown out the window and secularism is engrained in the hearts of citizens of the region.
Meanwhile, tens of thousands more will die, unfortunately.
06 May 2015, 13:11
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(2). Sayed Hassan. He tried and still keeps trying by putting even if forcefully a traitor and parrot like Aoun as our president, and by all accounts he has yet again failed. Aboul Mish may be the subject of a miracle soon, in that he is engaged with Geagea this time seriously with the singular aim of uniting the ranks of Lebanon's Christians and hopefully find a compromise candidate. For all that Sayed Hassan has tried to be a king and likewise a game changer, he has failed. he wanted a republic of some sorts, preferably of course a minted Shiite theocratic mini Iran, but that again has failed.
06 May 2015, 13:11
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(1). Sayed Hassan, another long speech, another self-exonerating extrapolation of a man who keeps using one-sided coins as his currency. yet for all he said, as lengthy as his speeches are and as many lines there are, Sayed Hassan has further confirmed it between each line, that he has literally nothing to do with Lebanon, nor its well-fare, nor its wellbeing, nor its stability nor its future, nor its prosperity, nothing that is good for Lebanon. All that Sayed Hassan cares for is anything but Lebanon. His whole concerns rest on non-Lebanese matters, Syria, its ailing regime, Yemen and now a full blown war there, Bahrain, Iran, you name it, Sayed Hassan now is them ALL but Lebanese. He is a man that tried several Coup d'Etats in Lebanon, yet he failed.
06 May 2015, 13:18
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(3). Sayed Hassan. His ventures and wild forays into the wars of others are earning him serious reverses here and there. In Syria what was deemed to be over within a few days is now 5 years old. In Yemen, he has to face the might and cash power of the Saudis and their allies, just as he did in Bahrain previously. Yet Sayed Hassan, now dejected of the throne he once aspired to have in Lebanon still feels that he can convince us that he is a regional player. he does not listen, does not take advice, will use you till you go dry, and I hope Michel Aoun comes to terms with this, and as Saad Hariri said, Sayed Hassan feels he owns Lebanon's borders, wlak even the Lebanese Army now refuses to follow him anywhere nor sweep his trash. others.
06 May 2015, 13:20
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(4). More and more areas of Lebanon are now No-Go areas for Hezbollah, yet for a man who is losing his own self, he still believes that he can talk over his own TV and tell us stories. For all I know, Sayed Hassan needs not worry anyone to come and terminate him, or his militia of mercenaries for rent, he by his own self is doing the job perfectly well. The tragedy is simply the loss of so many lives he has sent and keeps sending so futilely for the wars of others. Ya Sayed Hassan, what good is it to you if you gained the whole world yet lost yourself? And the bare truth ya Sayed Hassan is that not only have you lost yourself, but also lost the whole world. That red carpet the Lebanese once so proudly kept for you is now but a thorn carpet.
06 May 2015, 13:46
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Tric, and good-luck to Portugal in the next world cup. But I see it suits you well when you decide to write in good English and start using profanities, just like would do any good yellow partisan, should we expect any less from your likes?
06 May 2015, 15:10
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your need to justify yourself proves that you desperately need to appear what you are not...
no shame in being gay FT...
"but are the first to lap at any nasrallah related article. "
i can see how many posts you make when nasrallah speaks just to defend your master like a brave FPM dog you are trained to be...
funny how you always do the things you criticize the others for... seems you are frustrated beyond repair, little "straight" frustrated gay FPMer....
pityful lost case you are.
06 May 2015, 15:18
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M8ers love insults because it is the language of the weak and cowards... they love provoking then cry: "why is he insulting me?"...
06 May 2015, 16:30
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just for a mn forget ur 14m or 8..annihilation of arabs is the target extremists from shia-sunni leaving them to get weak n buy them off...israel is the chessmaster haram going into so much details n wasting time
06 May 2015, 17:12
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Peace and Jiddo, M8ers are like this, it's in their nature to be rude and profane if not downright vulgar. In their speeches they talk of peaceful coexistence, yet when you debate them it's always the same reaction from them, they'll carpet bomb us with profanities. Is it nature or a tactic, should we care? I am sure that if the mods do their work right here, they'll slap a few of them with some temporary ban, like in FT's case whose acronym now is beset by dots and da3shes, sorry, dashes, you see, I have now captured FT's imagination, he now is making me into an Alzheimer patient, by the way, was it FT who said so? :)
06 May 2015, 17:16
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@hajjradwan, Sayed Hassan will dare not read from a text he has prepared himself, he would be gone and pulverized the very next day. he might want people to believe that he is a free man, but fact is that he is not, being a puppet he has to live by the consigns and orders that come to him. Sadly for him they come from more than one place, usually Tehran and Damascus.
06 May 2015, 17:16
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@hajjradwan, Sayed Hassan will dare not read from a text he has prepared himself, he would be gone and pulverized the very next day. he might want people to believe that he is a free man, but fact is that he is not, being a puppet he has to live by the consigns and orders that come to him. Sadly for him they come from more than one place, usually Tehran and Damascus.
06 May 2015, 17:18
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OK ya Southern, this is what you said, and I am quoting, "the ones who are dying are Lebanon's enemy, the thugs that you support, that's why he didn't give a damn!", unquote. Now if we go to Yemen, should we also assume the same?
06 May 2015, 20:46
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The sick person is none other than you ya Roar the devil Satan. You cheap liar, the truth is that you were banned from Naharnet and no sooner than the ban was over, you quickly got back to your old evil ways. All this time you were posting at the Orange Room, come on ya habileh, ya Shaytan enta, you live here in Beirut and not in Australia as you're lying to everyone. Your mission is to insult and provoke hoping to derail and disrupt a thread too hard on your habileh Aoun. Ya habileh Roar, you're so full of evil, Satan has done his work on you. By the way, since you live here in Beirut, come and join us at this cafe right in front of parliament bldg, I'll offer you a beer, but come ya habileh liar.
